MOTOWN's #1 HITS
Here are Motown's #1 hits from 1960 to 1971, as listed in Billboard's "Hot 100" (P) and "Rhythm and Blues" (S) charts. There were a total of 63 songs that made either one of the two charts in those years. The honor roll...
1. Shop Around--Miracles (1960, S)
2. Please Mr. Postman--Marvelettes (1961, P + S)
3. Do You Love Me--Contours (1962, S)
4. You Beat Me to the Punch--Mary Wells (1962, S)
5. Two Lovers--Wells (1962, S)
6. You Really Got a Hold on Me--Miracles (1962, S)
7. Fingertips (Part II)--Lil' Stevie Wonder (1963, P + S)
8. (Love is Like a) Heat Wave--Martha and the Vandellas (1963, S)
9. My Guy--Wells (1964, P)
10. Where Did Our Love Go--Supremes (1964, P)
11. Baby Love--Supremes (1964, P)
12. Come See About Me--Supremes (1964, P)
13. My Girl--Temptations (1965, P + S)
14. Shotgun!--Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (1965, S)
15. Stop! in the Name of Love--Supremes (1965, P)
16. I'll Be Doggone--Marvin Gaye (1965, S)
17. Back in My Arms Again--Supremes (1965, P + S)
18. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)--Four Tops (1965, P + S)
19. Ain't That Peculiar--Gaye (1965, S)
20. I Hear a Symphony--Supremes (1965, P)
21. Uptight (Everything's Alright)--Stevie Wonder (1966, S)
22. Get Ready--Temps (1966, S)
23. Ain't Too Proud to Beg--Temps (1966, S)
24. Blowin' in the Wind--Wonder (1966, S)
25. You Can't Hurry Love--Supremes (1966, P + S)
26. Beauty is Only Skin-Deep--Temps (1966, S)
27. Reach Out I'll Be There--'Tops (1966, P + S)
28. You Keep Me Hangin' On--Supremes (1966, P + S)
29. (I Know) I'm Losing You--Temps (1966, S)
30. Love is Here and Now You're Gone--Supremes (1967, P + S)
31. Jimmy Mack--Martha and Vandellas (1967, S)
32. The Happening--Supremes (1967, P)
33. I Was Made to Love Her--Wonder (1967, S)
34. I Heard It through the Grapevine--Gladys Knight and the Pips (1967, S)
35. I Second that Emotion--Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1967, S)
36. I Wish It Would Rain--Temps (1968, S)
37. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day--Wonder (1968, S)
38. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing--Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1968, S)
39. I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)--Temps (1968, S)
40. You're All I Need to Get By--Gaye and Terrell (1968, S)
41. Love Child--Diana Ross and the Supremes (1968, P)
42. I Heard It through the Grapevine--Gaye (1968, P + S)
43. Run Away Child, Running Wild--Temps (1969, S)
44. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby--Gaye (1969, S)
45. What Does It take (to Win Your Love)--Walker and All-Stars (1969, S)
46. I Can't Get Next to You--Temps (1969, P + S)
47. Baby I'm for Real--Originals (1969, S)
48. Someday We'll be Together--Ross and Supremes (1969, P + S)
49. I Want You Back--Jackson 5 (1969, P + S)
50. ABC--Jackson 5 (1970, P + S)
51. The Love You Save--Jackson 5 (1970, P + S)
52. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours--Wonder (1970, S)
53. War--Edwin Starr (1970, P)
54. Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Ross (1970, P + S)
55. I'll Be There--Jackson 5 (1970, P + S)
56. The Tears of a Clown--Robinson and Miracles (1970, P + S)
57. Stoned Love--Supremes (1970, S)
58. If I Were Your Woman--Knight and Pips (1970, S)
59. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)--Temps (1971, P + S)
60. What's Going On--Gaye (1971, S)
61. Never Can Say Goodbye--Jackson 5 (1971, S)
62. Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)--Gaye (1971, S)
63. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Gaye (1971, S)